Wild Card Race Standings The National League hasn’t been this open-ended in years. With so many teams in the race, any one of them seems to stand a chance to make the playoffs. Weak pitching staff and ineffective bullpens are a common theme this season when it comes to holding …
Read More »Bader, Puk Shine in the Big Leagues
In 2015, Harrison Bader and A.J. Puk were teammates at the University of Florida. Both players now sport MLB uniforms. Bader was called back to the big-leagues on Tuesday after starting the 2019 season on the St. Louis Cardinals roster. The speedy center fielder was demoted to AAA after hitting …
Read More »Rays in the Race for a Wild Card Spot
With only a little over a month to go in the regular season, major league baseball is heating up. The Tampa Bay Rays are right in the middle. Standings Holding strong at 74-54, the Rays are currently second in the AL East, behind the New York Yankees. With the Wild …
Read More »McKay, Rays Struggle in Series Opener Against Seattle
The Rays were stunned in the series opener as a rough first couple innings on defense snowballed into a 9-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Rookie two-way player, Brendan McKay, struggled again. He gave up seven runs (three earned), walked three, and gave up three hits including two home runs …
Read More »Rays Make Deadline Moves, Some Were Unexpected
The MLB trade deadline has passed. Apart from September call-ups and waiver claims, the rosters are set for the Tampa Bay Rays and the rest of the MLB. The Rays didn’t win the deadline (that goes to the Astros for swinging Grienke at the buzzers), but they separated themselves from …
Read More »Rays visit Fenway for AL East showdown with Red Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox are set to square off for a three game series that will decide who takes second place in the AL East. For the Rays, the last few games have been unique in the sense that 19 runs were scored in each. …
Read More »Rays’ losing skid continues while Marlins flirt with perfection
The Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins have been eerily similar as of late. Both teams have been struggling, with the Rays’ struggles being more prominent. The Rays’ losing skid has them sliding down the postseason standings as their playoff chances look more and more like dreams. On the other …
Read More »The Stats Behind the MLB Hall of Fame 2019 Class
A crowd of 55,000 faithful baseball fans gathered on Sunday to see and hear the newest members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. This was the second-largest ever recorded for the ceremony in Cooperstown. This record breaking crowd witnessed the enshrinement of some of the game’s greatest. Mike …
Read More »Struggling Rays Host Division Rival Red Sox
What a difference a week makes. This time last week, the Tampa Bay Rays pulled off what many believed to be to biggest win of the season. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud hit three home runs, including the three-run homer in the top of ninth on two strikes and two outs. The …
Read More »With the Trade Deadline Approaching, What Will The Rays Do?
We are just past the one hundred game mark in the 2019 MLB season. A shot at the American League East division title seems to be slipping away from the Tampa Bay Rays, but their playoff hopes are from over. Last year’s team wishes they were in the position that …
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